
Cold-chain service providers realign, expand
DuPont/Cold Chain Technologies in thermal blankets; va-Q-tec in shipment tracking; big bucks for SkyCell
In the steadily growing field of cold chain services to biopharma, three recent actions are worth noting:
DuPont, owners of the Tyvek brand of nonwoven, polymeric sheeting, are handing off the Tyvek Cargo Covers to Cold Chain Technologies, Inc., under undisclosed terms. After July 15, CCT will be the exclusive global producer, seller, distributor and service provider for the thermal blanketing technology.
Thermal covers (or blankets) have had an interesting, fairly rapid evolution in life sciences transportation: they started as thermal and sunlight protection (especially for cargo pallets sitting on airport runways prior to loading) and soon became multilayer, insulated blankets with metallized, bubble-wrap or fiber layers. CCT
Meanwhile, va-Q-tec, a Würzburg, Germany producer of parcel- to pallet-size temperature-controlled containers, has announced the integration of a global network of service centers, communication-enabled dataloggers and a cloud-based, blockchain-structured tracking system, va-Q-nection. Customers will be able to rent a preconditioned container, track its movement (and both internal and external temperature conditions) and log its return. Blockchain, featuring decentralized data storage, is said to provide enhanced data security.
Finally, SkyCell, the
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